Pope Francis Asks for Focusing on Homeless People

Pope Francis Asks for Focusing on Homeless People

Pope Francis Asks for Focusing on Homeless People

Bogota, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis has urged in this capital to focus on the homeless and deprived people, and stressed that inequality is the root of social ailment.

In his speech addressed at the Plaza de Armas of the House of Nariño (Presidency), Pope Francis insisted on the need to resolve the structural poverty causes that generate exclusion and violence.

Colombia needs the participation of all to open up to the future of hope, said the Holy Pontiff after receiving the welcoming message from the country's President, Juan Manuel Santos, before members of the diplomatic corps and several representatives of society.

The Pope acknowledged the efforts made in the search for peace. 'In the last year, Colombia has progressed in a particular way,' he said in reference to the agreements reached between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Santos had emphasized minutes before in the commitment to constructing peace: 'We want to reconcile and recognize us in the differences,' he said.

Colombia, he said, is the only country in the world where weapons are being changed by words, where weapons become monuments of peace. Thousands of lives have been saved, thousands of victims have been avoided.

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Pope Francis Asks for Focusing on Homeless People

Bogota, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis has urged in this capital to focus on the homeless and deprived people, and stressed that inequality is the root of social ailment.

In his speech addressed at the Plaza de Armas of the House of Nariño (Presidency), Pope Francis insisted on the need to resolve the structural poverty causes that generate exclusion and violence.

Colombia needs the participation of all to open up to the future of hope, said the Holy Pontiff after receiving the welcoming message from the country's President, Juan Manuel Santos, before members of the diplomatic corps and several representatives of society.

The Pope acknowledged the efforts made in the search for peace. 'In the last year, Colombia has progressed in a particular way,' he said in reference to the agreements reached between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Santos had emphasized minutes before in the commitment to constructing peace: 'We want to reconcile and recognize us in the differences,' he said.

Colombia, he said, is the only country in the world where weapons are being changed by words, where weapons become monuments of peace. Thousands of lives have been saved, thousands of victims have been avoided.